Thursday July 4 1861

• Joseph Eggleston Johnston. C.S.A.. is appointed full Confederate General.
• Skirmish at Farmington, below St. Louis, MO.
• Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, WV, with Brig. Gen. Robert Patterson's USA forces and Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's, CSA, men.
• President Abraham Lincoln uses the Fourth of July to issue a request for an additional 400,000 men to volunteer.

Friday July 4 1862

• The following are appointed Union Major Generals:
  • Darius Nash Couch, U.S.A.
  • Philip Kearny, U.S.A.
  • Alexander McDowell McCook, U.S.A.
  • George Webb Morrell, U.S.A.
  • John James Peck, U.S.A.
  • Fitz John Porter, U.S.A.
  • Israel Bush Richardson, U.S.A.
  • John Sedgwick, U.S.A.
  • Henry Warner Slocum, U.S.A.
  • William Farrar Smith, U.S.A.
• Confederate Col. John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky Raid. begins with Morgan's command setting out from Knoxville, TN. (Jul 4-28)
• Affair at Port Royal Ferry, SC.
• Confederate attack on the US vessels near Velasco, TX.
• Federal reconnaissance from Harrison's Landing, VA.
• The capture of the Confederate gunboat, CSS Teaser, on the James River, as it attempted to launch an observation ballon made of old silk frocks.
• Skirmish at Westover, VA.

Saturday July 4 1863

• Engagement at Helena, AR, including the US ironclad, Tyler, as Maj. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss, USA, repels the Confederate attack under Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA. Total casualties approximate 1,800.
• Engagement at Green River Bridge, or Tebb's Bend, KY, as Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, is repulsed by the Union defenders.
• Skirmish near Emmitsburg, MD.
• Skirmish at Messinger's Ferry, Big Black River, MS.
• Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA, surrenders Vicksburg, MS, and about 29,000 Confederate soldiers to Maj. Gen. US Grant, USA.
• Skirmish at Cassville, MO.
• Affair in the Black Fork Hills, MO.
• Skirmish with Indians near Fort Craig, the New Mexico Territory.
• Skirmish at Fairfield Gap, PA.
• Action at Monterey Gap, PA.
• Skirmish at University Depot, TN.
• Skirmish at the South Anna Bridge, on the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, north of Richmond, VA, with Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, CSA, defending.
• Skirmish at Fayetteville, WV.
• Skirmish at Huttonsville, WV, with Col. William L. Jackson, CSA, and his Cavalry expedition.

Monday July 4 1864

• Charles Jackson Paine, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Sirmish in Searcy County, AR, as the Federals attack and rout Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Skirmishes at Ruff's Mill, Neal Dow Station, and Rotten wood Creek, G A.
• Sirmish at Cross Bayou, LA.
• Skirmish in Clay County, MO.
• The attack on Battery Pringle, Jamestown Island, SC. (Jul 4-9)
• Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to Grand Gulf, MS, aboard the steamers, Hambleton, Madison, J. D. Perry, J. C. Snow, Silver Wave, Sunny South, Tycoon, and the Shenandoah, including skirmishes at the following:
  • near Bolivar (Jul 6)
  • at Utica (Jul 13)
  • at Port Gibson (Jul 14)
  • at Grand Gulf (Jul 16),
    (Jul 4-24)
• Skirmish at Frankford, WV.
• The operations about Harper's Ferry, WV. (Jul 4-7)
• Skirmish at Patterson's Creek Bridge, WV, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, prepares to cross into Maryland.
• Skirmish at South Branch Bridge, WV.

Tuesday July 4 1865